Posts for tag "dissolved oxygen"
Hypoxic Conditions in Lake Erie Impact Yellow Perch Population
Hypoxic conditions could pose a threat to the yellow perch population in Lake Erie, the largest commercial fishery.
- Posted December 9, 2020
San Francisco Bay’s Nutrient Phenomena
Two data buoys recently deployed in the shoals of San Francisco Bay could be filling the important data gap on the local impacts of nutrient loading.
- Posted September 30, 2020
Monitoring Wilson Lake All Year Long from Underwater
An underwater buoy designed to work even while locked in ice monitors physical conditions in Wilson Lake, Maine.
- Posted September 25, 2019
Post-Florence Update From the Waccamaw Riverkeeper
The Waccamaw Riverkeeper describes water quality monitoring with volunteers and the challenges brought by Hurricane Florence.
- Posted May 13, 2019
The East Bank Die-Off: A Coral Reef Whodunnit
A team of researchers turns to interdisciplinary collaboration to solve a mystery and explain a coral reef die-off.
- Posted February 20, 2019
Eastern Band of Cherokee Uses Environmental Monitoring To Preserve Reservation Waters and Uphold Culture Dating Back Thousands of Years
The Eastern Band of Cherokee have lived in North Carolina for generations. As more and more tourists visit and industry grows, monitoring tribal water quality becomes ever more important.
- Posted June 5, 2018
St. Lawrence Seaway Holds Low-Oxygen Insights
University of Delaware researchers take water and sediment samples in the St. Lawrence Seaway to study the dynamics of low-oxygen zones.
- Posted June 30, 2016
Coos Bay Baseline Study Finds Stable Dissolved Oxygen
A study of Oregon’s Coos Bay shows how the bay’s physical features sustain its dissolved oxygen levels while forming a baseline for future research.
- Posted June 13, 2016
At Sippo Lake, Sediment Questions And Place-Based Learning Push
Stark County Park District managers study how Sippo Lake affects water quality after sediment load reduction efforts and push place-based learning tools.
- Posted May 2, 2016
Penobscot Indian Nation Safeguards Tribal Waterways
Resource managers with Penobscot Indian Nation keep a careful eye on their waterways with help from a Thermo Orion Star portable pH meter and other gear.
- Posted March 24, 2016
Restoring Brook Trout Stream Habitat
U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists use a YSI Pro2030 meter in work to restore brook trout habitat in New York streams.
- Posted February 4, 2016
North Pacific Ocean Warming Could Lead To More Dead Zones
While the tendency may be to think of climate change effects as gradual, marine sediment evidence suggests that some large climate effects on the ocean, such as the development of low-oxygen North Pacific “dead zones,” can occur...
- Posted November 23, 2015
Nitrogen Dynamics: In The Field With Scientists Tackling Dual Nutrient Questions
With more support for dual nutrient management strategies, Wright State researchers show us how they’re studying nitrogen’s role in runoff and algal blooms.
- Posted October 23, 2015
Drone River Project Uses Artificial Intelligence To Advance Automated Monitoring
University of Toronto students’ Drone River project uses state-of-the art drones, sensors and clues from social media to monitor and address river problems.
- Posted August 13, 2015
Researchers say Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be size of Connecticut in 2015
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is predicted to be about 5,483 square miles this year, according to a recent press release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Also known as the hypoxic zone, the dead...
- Posted June 30, 2015
Choosing The Right Thermo Portable For Your Project
This roundup of Thermo Scientific’s Thermo Orion Star A portable meters can help you choose the right one for your project.
- Posted June 10, 2015
Marine species ranges could shift in warmer seas with lower oxygen
Research using climate models suggests that the combined effects of higher temperatures and lower oxygen will drive many marine animals away from their current habitats to areas with more oxygen, according to in a recent press release...
- Posted June 9, 2015
Choosing The Right Thermo Benchtop For Your Project
A roundup of Thermo Scientific’s Thermo Orion Star A benchtop meters and information to help choose the right one for your project.
- Posted May 22, 2015
Swirling Eddies In Open Atlantic Ocean Carry Low-Oxygen Dead Zones
Off the coast of West Africa, swirling eddies carry dead zones with remarkably low oxygen levels at shallow depths, according to an international study.
- Posted May 13, 2015
Oysters living in low-oxygen zones at greater risk for contracting deadly disease, study finds
Dead zones that form nightly in shallow waters make oysters living there more vulnerable to deadly Dermo disease, according to SERC research.
- Posted April 28, 2015
